| Age of Everest: Everest was formed about 60 million years ago |
| Elevation: 29,035 (8850m)-found to be 6' higher in 1999 |
| Name in Nepal: Sagarmatha (means: goddess of the sky) |
| In Tibet: Chomolungma: (means: mother goddess of the universe) |
| Named after: Sir George Everest in 1865 ,the British surveyor-general of India. Once known as Peak 15 |
| Location: Latitude 27° 59' N Longitude 86° 56' E It's summit ridge separates Nepal and Tibet |
| First Ascent: May 29,1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary, NZ and Tenzing Norgay, NP, via the South Col Route |
| First Solo Ascent: Aug. 20,1980, Reinhold Messner, IT, via the NE Ridge to North Face |
| First winter Ascent: Feb. 17,1980 -L.Cichy and K. Wielicki, POL |
| Mt. Everest rises a few milimeters each year due to geological forces |
| Nomenclature: Sir George Everest was the first person to record the height and location of Mt. Everest, this is where Mt."Everest" got its name from. |
| First Ascent by a Woman: May 16,1975, Junko Tabei, JAP, via the South-Col |
| First Oxygenless Ascent: May 8, 1978- Reinhold Messner, IT, and Peter Habeler, AUT, via the South-East Ridge |
| First woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest from both north & south sides: Cathy O'Dowd (S.A.) South May 25,1996/North '99 |
| First Legally Blind Person: Erik Weihenmeyer May,25,2001 |
| Best and Worst Years on Everest: 1993, 129 summitted and eight died (a ratio of 16:1); in 1996, 98 summitted and 15 died (a ratio of 6½:1) |
| Highest cause of death: Avalanches-about a (2:1) ratio over falls |
| Country with most deaths on mountain: Nepal 46+ |
| Most dangerous area on mountain: Khumbu Ice Fall-19+ deaths |
| First ski descent: Davo Karnicar (Slovenia) 10-7-2000 |
| Corpses remaining on Everest: 120+ |
| Longest stay on top: Babu Chiri Sherpa stayed at the summit full 21 hours and a half |
| Largest team: In 1975, China tackled Everest with a 410-member team. |
| Fastest descent: In 1988, Jean-Marc Boivin of France descended from the top in just 11 minutes, paragliding. |
| Only climber to climb all 4 sides of Everest: Kushang Sherpa, now an instructor with Himlayan Mountaineering Institute |
| First person to hike from sea level to summit, no oxygen.: 11th May 1990,Tim Macartney-Snape, Australian |
| Largest number to reach the top in one day: 40, on May 10, 1993 |
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